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| Colour on map | Grey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year opened | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line type | Deep Level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rolling stock | 1996 Tube Stock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stations served | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length (km) | 36. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The fleet of 1996 Stock running on the London Underground 's Jubilee Line is currently the most modern on the network 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length (miles) | 22. 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depots | Neasden, Stratford Market[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journeys made | 127,584,000 (per annum) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Jubilee line is a line on the London Underground ("the Tube"), in the United Kingdom. Transport for London ( TfL) is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the Transport system in Greater London in England. The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire The Bakerloo line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map. The Central line is a line of the London Underground and coloured red on the Tube map. The Circle line, coloured yellow on the tube map is the eighth busiest line on the London Underground. The District line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. The Hammersmith and City line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the London Underground Map, running between Hammersmith in The Metropolitan line is part of the London Underground, coloured Magenta on the Tube map. The Northern line is a deep-level tube line on the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark Blue on the Tube map. Victoria Line train leaving depotjpg|thumb|right|300px|1967 Stock train leaving Northumberland Park Depot]] The Victoria line is part of the London Underground The Waterloo & City line is a short underground Railway line in London, which formally opened on 11 July 1898 The Docklands Light Railway (DLR is a Light rail system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of East London England. Tramlink (initially known as Croydon Tramlink) is a Tramway system serving the South London area of United Kingdom. London Overground (LO is a Commuter rail service in London UK. The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located It was built in two major sections - initially to Charing Cross in Central London, and later extended in 1999 to Stratford in East London. Charing Cross tube station is a London Underground station at Charing Cross in the City of Westminster with entrances located in Trafalgar Square The term Central London refers to the districts of London England which are considered closest to the centre The Jubilee line extension is the extension of the London Underground Jubilee line from Green Park to Stratford, through south and east London Stratford station is a Railway station in Stratford, Newham, East London on National Rail, London Underground and East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. The later stations are generally notable for their exceptional size and safety features (both being attempts to future-proof the line). The Jubilee line extension is the extension of the London Underground Jubilee line from Green Park to Stratford, through south and east London The phrase future proofing describes the elusive process of trying to anticipate future developments so that action can be taken to minimize possible negative consequences and to Out of 27 stations served, 13 are below ground. It is the sixth busiest line on the network.
The Jubilee line is coloured silver/grey on the Tube map. The tube map is the Schematic diagram representing the lines stations and zones of London 's Rapid transit rail system the London Underground
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The Metropolitan main line had been extended from Wembley Park to Stanmore, opening in 1932. The Metropolitan Railway (MetR and the Metropolitan District Railway (District were the first two underground railways to be built in London, creating the world's Wembley Park tube station is a London Underground station in Wembley Park, Greater London. Stanmore tube station is a London Underground station at Stanmore. The line, as with many others in the north-west London area, was designed to absorb commuter traffic from the new and rapidly expanding suburbs. The line presented the Metropolitan with a problem — so successful was the suburban traffic that by the early 1930s, the lines into Baker Street were becoming overloaded, a problem which was exacerbated by the post-war flight from the City to the West End. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions businesses headquarters and the commercial
The solution presented was an extension of the Bakerloo line, north from Baker Street to serve St. John's Wood and Swiss Cottage, thereby rendering the existing stations (Lords, Marlborough Road and Swiss Cottage) on the parallel route, redundant. The Bakerloo line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map. Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. St John's Wood tube station is a London Underground station at St John's Wood. Swiss Cottage tube station is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage. Marlborough Road is a disused London Underground station It was opened in 1868 on the Metropolitan & St The line would rise between the Metropolitan tracks at Finchley Road, providing cross-platform interchange with the Metropolitan line. Finchley Road tube station is a London Underground station at the corner of Finchley Road and Canfield Gardens in the London Borough of Camden, A cross-platform interchange is a type of interchange between different lines in a metro system Continuing north to Wembley Park, the Bakerloo was to provide intermediate service on the Metropolitan line, allowing Metropolian Line trains to run Wembley Park to Finchley Road non-stop, cutting seven minutes from journey times. At Wembley Park, the Bakerloo would run on to serve Kingsbury, Queensbury, Canons Park and Stanmore. The Bakerloo extension, built as above, opened in 1939.
The immediately pre- and post-war planning for the Tube network considered a series of new routes. Stanmore tube station is a London Underground station at Stanmore. Canons Park is a London Underground station at Canons Park, north London. Queensbury tube station is a London Underground station in Queensbury London. Kingsbury tube station is a London Underground station in north-west Greater London. Wembley Park tube station is a London Underground station in Wembley Park, Greater London. Neasden Underground station is a London Underground station in Neasden. Dollis Hill tube station is a London Underground station at Dollis Hill near to Willesden and Harlesden. Willesden Green tube station is a London Underground station in Willesden. See also Kilburn Park tube station Kilburn tube station is a London Underground station at Kilburn in north-west West Hampstead tube station is a London Underground station at West Hampstead, NW6 2LS on West End Lane between Broadhurst Gardens and Blackburn Road Finchley Road tube station is a London Underground station at the corner of Finchley Road and Canfield Gardens in the London Borough of Camden, Swiss Cottage tube station is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage. St John's Wood tube station is a London Underground station at St John's Wood. Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. Bond Street tube station is a London Underground station on Oxford Street, near the junction with New Bond Street. Green Park tube station is a London Underground station located on the north side of Green Park, close to the intersection of Piccadilly and the pedestrian Charing Cross tube station is a London Underground station at Charing Cross in the City of Westminster with entrances located in Trafalgar Square Aldwych tube station is a disused station formerly on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground. Ludgate Circus tube station was an uncompleted station planned in the 1970s to be built as part of phase 2 of the London Underground 's Jubilee Line near Ludgate Cannon Street is a National Rail and London Underground station complex in the City of London, the financial district of London in Fenchurch Street is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the City of London close by the Tower of London and two miles (3 Surrey Quays was a London Underground station in Rotherhithe near Surrey Quays Shopping Centre and Southwark Park. New Cross Gate station is a railway station in New Cross, London. See also the nearby New Cross Gate station, formerly called New Cross as well Lewisham station is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway station in Lewisham, south east London. The main results of this study concerned two major routes: the south to north-east "line C" (later constructed as the Victoria line) and lines 3 and 4, new cross-town routes, linking the north-east suburbs to Fenchurch Street, Wapping and variously Lewisham and Hayes. Victoria Line train leaving depotjpg|thumb|right|300px|1967 Stock train leaving Northumberland Park Depot]] The Victoria line is part of the London Underground Fenchurch Street is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the City of London close by the Tower of London and two miles (3 Wapping was a London Underground station near Wapping in east London, England. Lewisham station is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway station in Lewisham, south east London. Hayes railway station is a railway station located in Hayes in the London Borough of Bromley, south east London, England.
The Fleet Line was mentioned in a 1965 Times article, discussing options after the Victoria line had been completed — suggesting that the Fleet Line could take a Baker Street-Bond Street-Trafalgar Square-Strand-Fleet Street-Ludgate Circus-Cannon Street route, then proceeding into south-east London. Victoria Line train leaving depotjpg|thumb|right|300px|1967 Stock train leaving Northumberland Park Depot]] The Victoria line is part of the London Underground [2]
Line C opened as the Victoria line, in stages, between 1968 and 1972. Work on the north-east - south-west route continued.
In 1972 construction began on the new 'Fleet line'. Economic pressures, and doubt over the final destination of the line, had led to a staged approach. Under the first stage, the Baker Street to Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo Line was joined at Baker Street to a new 2. Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. Stanmore tube station is a London Underground station at Stanmore. 5-mile (4 km) segment into central London, with intermediate stops at Bond Street and Green Park and terminating at a new station at Charing Cross, thereby relieving pressure on the West End section of the Bakerloo Line between Baker Street and Charing Cross and also allowing increased frequencies on the section north of Baker Street. Charing Cross railway station is a central London railway terminus
The new tube was to offer cross-platform interchange between the Bakerloo and Fleet at Baker Street, as pioneered on the Victoria line. The work was completed in 1979. As part of the works, Trafalgar Square (Bakerloo) and Strand (Northern) stations were combined into a single station complex, Charing Cross. The existing Charing Cross station on the sub-surface District and Circle lines was renamed Embankment. Embankment tube station is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, known for most of its history as Charing Cross.
The new line was to have been called the Fleet line[3] after the River Fleet, but the project was renamed as the Jubilee Line for Queen Elizabeth II's 1977 Silver Jubilee following a pledge made by the Conservatives in the Greater London Council election of 1977. The River Fleet is the largest of London 's subterranean rivers It formerly flowed on the surface For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II A Silver Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary The Greater London Council (GLC was the top-tier Local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986 The original choice of battleship grey for the line's colour was based on the naval meaning of the word fleet; this became a lighter grey, representing the silver colour of the Jubilee itself.
The previous Charing Cross station, on the Circle, District, Bakerloo and Northern lines, was renamed Embankment. The Circle line, coloured yellow on the tube map is the eighth busiest line on the London Underground. The District line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. The Bakerloo line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map. The Northern line is a deep-level tube line on the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. Embankment tube station is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, known for most of its history as Charing Cross. The new Charing Cross tube station created a new interchange, amalgamating the stations of Strand on the Northern line and Trafalgar Square on the Bakerloo. Charing Cross tube station is a London Underground station at Charing Cross in the City of Westminster with entrances located in Trafalgar Square Charing Cross tube station is a London Underground station at Charing Cross in the City of Westminster with entrances located in Trafalgar Square
The line was officially opened by the Prince of Wales on 30 April 1979, with passenger services operating from 1 May 1979,[4][5]
The Jubilee line of 1979 was to be the first phase of the project, but lack of funds meant that no further progress was made until the late 1990s. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Phase 2 would have extended the line along Fleet Street to stations at Aldwych, Ludgate Circus, Cannon Street, Fenchurch Street, St Katharine Docks, Wapping and then under the River Thames to New Cross, terminating at Lewisham with the possibility of taking over the National Rail services to Hayes (Kent). Fleet Street is a street in London, England named after the River Fleet. Aldwych tube station is a disused station formerly on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground. Ludgate Circus is a location in the City of London at the intersection of Farringdon Street /New Bridge Street (the A201, leading to Blackfriars Cannon Street is a National Rail and London Underground station complex in the City of London, the financial district of London in Fenchurch Street is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the City of London close by the Tower of London and two miles (3 St Katharine Docks, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, were one of the commercial docks serving London, on the north side of the river Thames Wapping was a London Underground station near Wapping in east London, England. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. See also the nearby New Cross Gate station, formerly called New Cross as well Lewisham station is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway station in Lewisham, south east London. An alternative plan was devised in the late 1970s to extend the Jubilee line parallel to the River Thames: this would have taken the line from Wapping to Thamesmead via Surrey Docks North, Canary Wharf, North Greenwich, Custom House, Silvertown, Woolwich Arsenal and to Thamesmead. Canary Wharf tube station is a London Underground station on the Jubilee Line, between Canada Water and North Greenwich. North Greenwich is a station on London Underground 's Jubilee Line, opened in 1999 Custom House station is in the Custom House area by the Royal Docks, east London. Silvertown is an industrialised district in the London Borough of Newham, named after Samuel Winkworth Silver's former rubber factory which opened in 1852 and now dominated See also Woolwich Arsenal railway station, Arsenal FC The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, originally known as the Woolwich Warren Thamesmead is a " New town " in London, England built on the southern bank of the River Thames, 9 However the 'River Line' extension, as it was called, was deemed too expensive and construction of the extension never proceeded.
Changes in land use, particularly the urban renewal of the Docklands area, caused the project to extend the line beyond Charing Cross to change considerably in the 1990s. Urban Renewal (similar to Urban Regeneration in British English) is a controversial U Docklands is the semi-official name for an area in the east of London, England, comprising parts of several boroughs ( Southwark, Tower Hamlets The Jubilee Line Extension, opened in three stages in 1999, split from the existing line at Green Park, creating a one-station branch to Charing Cross, which is now closed (although it is still maintained for reversing trains at times of disruption, and for occasional use as a film set). The Jubilee line extension is the extension of the London Underground Jubilee line from Green Park to Stratford, through south and east London Green Park tube station is a London Underground station located on the north side of Green Park, close to the intersection of Piccadilly and the pedestrian The line extends as far as Stratford, with ten intermediate stations. Stratford is a place name found in many English-speaking countries With the extension in place, the Jubilee line became the only line on the London Underground network that has interchanges with all other lines; it was joined in this distinction by the Central line when the East London line closed for transfer to London Overground. The Central line is a line of the London Underground and coloured red on the Tube map. The East London Line was a line of the London Underground, coloured orange on the Tube map. London Overground (LO is a Commuter rail service in London UK.
The Jubilee line closed for a scheduled five-day period starting on 26 December 2005 in order to add an extra carriage to each of the six-car trains. The line had to be closed while this work was done as six and seven car trains could not run in service at the same time because the platform edge doors at Jubilee Line Extension stations could not cater for both train lengths simultaneously. Additionally, an extra four complete trains were added to the fleet, bringing the total to 63. The result is a 17% increase in capacity at peak times, allowing 6,000 more passengers per day to use Jubilee Line services. The signalling system was also upgraded. Work was completed and the line reopened two days ahead of schedule, on 29 December 2005.
When the Jubilee line was opened, it was operated by 1972 stock. The London Underground 1972 stock is a fleet of Trains used on the London Underground. In 1984 this was partially replaced by the new 1983 Stock, the displaced 1972 Stock being transferred to the Bakerloo line. The London Underground 1983 Stock was a class of Electric multiple unit designed for the Jubilee Line. The Bakerloo line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map. The 1983 Stock proved to be unreliable and troublesome in service, with single-leaf doors making passenger loading and unloading a slower process than on other stock with wider door openings. With the construction of the Jubilee line Extension, the opportunity was taken to introduce new trains, and today the line is worked by 1996 stock, which is similar to the 1995 Stock in use on the Northern line. The fleet of 1996 Stock running on the London Underground 's Jubilee Line is currently the most modern on the network The 1995 Stock used on London Underground 's Northern Line is currently the newest fleet of trains on the network The new stock has internal displays and automated announcements to provide passengers with information on the train's route - at first they simply listed the destination of the train, and subsequently also listing the name of the next station and interchanges there. Subsequent modifications also made the text scroll across the internal display instead of just appear in it.
The line is scheduled to switch to automatic train operation in 2009, using the SelTrac system currently on in use on the Docklands Light Railway. Automatic train operation (ATO ensures partial or complete automatic Train piloting and driverless functions SelTrac is a digital signalling technology used to control the movements of rail vehicles originally developed by Alcatel. The Docklands Light Railway (DLR is a Light rail system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of East London England. [6] Equipment installation and testing for this began in late 2006.
The line was constructed to enable a branch extension to be built eastwards from North Greenwich to Thamesmead. North Greenwich is a 19th century name for the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Thamesmead is a " New town " in London, England built on the southern bank of the River Thames, 9 At present there are no plans to construct this branch route.
The TFL line diagram is available online.
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Inside a 1996 Stock train on the Jubilee line. The fleet of 1996 Stock running on the London Underground 's Jubilee Line is currently the most modern on the network |
1996 tube stock units stable at Stratford Market Depot. |
A Jubilee line train calls at Canary Wharf station. Canary Wharf tube station is a London Underground station on the Jubilee Line, between Canada Water and North Greenwich. |
The ticket hall of Canary Wharf station. Canary Wharf tube station is a London Underground station on the Jubilee Line, between Canada Water and North Greenwich. |
Additional images are available from the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) case studies for the stations at Canary Wharf[7], North Greenwich[8], Southwark[9], and Stratford[10].
| West: | Crossings of the River Thames | East: |
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| Westminster Bridge | Between Westminster and Waterloo |
Bakerloo Line between Embankment and Waterloo |
| Rotherhithe Tunnel | Between Canada Water and Canary Wharf |
Greenwich foot tunnel |
| Docklands Light Railway between Island Gardens and Cutty Sark |
Between Canary Wharf and North Greenwich |
Blackwall Tunnels |
| Blackwall Tunnels | Between North Greenwich and Canning Town |
Thames Barrier |